Lawrence, MS is located in Lawrence County and is home to around 800 people. The town is governed by a mayor-council system which has been in place since its founding. There are currently no local political candidates running for office in Lawrence, MS. However, citizens of this rural community have recently become more politically engaged through various initiatives aiming to increase voter turnout. These initiatives include hosting candidate forums and getting involved with local organizations and campaigns that focus on issues important to the community such as education, economic development, and public health. It's clear that the people of Lawrence, MS take their politics seriously and are passionate about making sure their voices are heard at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 39336 (Lawrence, MS) is strongly conservative.
Newton County, MS is very conservative. In Newton County, MS 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 30.2%.
Newton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39336 (Lawrence, MS) is strongly conservative.
Lawrence, Mississippi is strongly conservative.
Newton County, Mississippi is very conservative.
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Mississippi is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lawrence, Mississippi: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 39336 (Lawrence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)